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liq′uefied petroleum gas′, 
  1. Chemistrya gas liquefied by compression, consisting of flammable hydrocarbons, as propane and butane, obtained as a by-product from the refining of petroleum or from natural gas: used chiefly as a domestic fuel in rural areas, as an industrial and motor fuel, and in organic synthesis, esp. of synthetic rubber. Also called bottled gas, compressed petroleum gas, LPG, LP gas. 
  • 1920–25

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
liquefied petroleum gas
  1. a mixture of various petroleum gases, esp propane and butane, stored as a liquid under pressure and used as an engine fuel
    Abbreviation: LPG, LP gas
    See also bottled gas
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